It's
a quiet morning at Barcelona’s new Ciutat Esportiva training ground but
two old friends are about to be reunited. LUIS SUAREZ has become the
hottest striker in world football and Sportsmail’s JAMIE CARRAGHER has travelled to Spain to find how his former Liverpool team-mate has done it.

Suarez
courted controversy during his time in the Barclays Premier League but
since his £75million move from Anfield in July 2014, his form has gone
to another level and the MSN partnership of Lionel Messi, Suarez and
Neymar is being called one of the greatest forward lines of all time.
They scored 137 goals in 2015.

This
is Suarez’s first major interview with a British newspaper since he
helped Barcelona win five trophies during 2015 and, as soon as he enters
the media lecture theatre, he looks noticeably relaxed and happy.
DOMINIC KING and PETE JENSON made notes as the conversation unfolded...

Suarez is one of the hottest striker's in football and sat down with Carragher for an exclusive interview

Carragher and Suarez grin and shake hands as they catch up at Barcelona's Ciutat Esportiva training ground

Suarez bends over with laughter during his chat with Carragher as the pair reminisced over some great games

Sportsmail's Dominic King (right) and Pete Jenson (left) listened in as Suarez discussed his incredible career.

WHEN SUAREZ MET CARRAGHER

I would only return to the Premier League to play for Liverpool, insists Suarez

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Pressure of being Liverpool's main man, conquering Europe and worshipping Batistuta - Suarez's 10 best quotes

CARRAGHER:
So what’s your record for Barcelona? 61 goals in 77 games. Not many
defenders are stopping you scoring. But do you remember a charity game
at Anfield last March? It was a 2-2 draw and the centre half had you in
his pocket…

SUAREZ: (laughs) Well, we were playing for the charity. You were playing serious! Always serious!

CARRAGHER:
I’m just pointing that out! When you turned up at Liverpool (in January
2011) it was already clear you were a top player but in five years you
have become the best centre-forward in the world. What have you
improved? What did you decide you needed to get better at?

SUAREZ: It
was a dream to arrive at Liverpool but I never wanted to just settle
for what I had achieved. I wanted more. I played for Liverpool alongside
Stevie (Gerrard) and you and that was incredible but then I went on to
have a lot more responsibility and even bigger clubs were interested in
me. My attitude was always to keep growing as a player.

Suarez jumps for joy after scoring for Barcelona - the forward has netted 61 goals in 77 games for the club

Suarez loved playing alongside Carragher but never wanted to settle and thrived for more and more success

Carragher was quick to remind Suarez he failed to get the better of him during a charity game in March 2015

Suarez remains one of Liverpool's greatest players of the Premier League era after three years at Anfield

CARRAGHER:
When you were at Liverpool, people used to say: ‘If we get back into
the Champions League, Luis will stay.’ But I’d say: ‘No - never mind
playing in the Champions League, he should be winning it.’ It wasn’t
about you just playing a few games in the competition. It was about you
getting that medal.

SUAREZ:
Yes. That’s the mentality - don’t just play it, win it. My desire at
Liverpool was to help get the club playing in the elite because they had
been five years without it. We used to talk about it in the dressing
room. If Liverpool are not in the Champions League, it is difficult to
get the best players to come to the club. That’s why for me to come to
Barcelona there had to be that opportunity to not just play the
tournament but to win it.